2010-10-30 Sat - Halloween Cyclo Cross "Muddy Hell"

Spoke to his wife...broken finger was his main injury, think he was in pain because of a recent shoulder injury.

Relatively good news, although I think the finger was a bad break, heal up quick fella...

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woman behind you is doing a reen

ha! that's Cliveo's daughter so let's end this conversation here :)

and images:

The one on the left is hot. Can anyone hook me up?

PA301463.jpg by M.J.S., on Flickr
Caption competition?

"Mine's bigger."

PA301463.jpg by M.J.S., on Flickr
Caption competition?

And look, it goes up to 11

good old Hargroves eh?
they take the X shit seriously in Southampton, apparently he makes you work hard, but its a good shop to be sponsored by,

any lfgss ers got a race report for us?

Was a really good fun event. Mulled Cider is a lot nicer than it sounds. Loved the tabletop, some serious 'air' being got there. Good to see so much effort going into the costumes as well!

I got some serious air on the first lap of the Vets race, used the bridge as an opportunity to get past a rider who'd been holding me up on the narrower sections, and committed to hitting the jump at full pelt. What happened next still gives me the shivers, I got big air and landed on the front wheel, thought I was about to go over the bars and eat dirt, but somehow managed to hold it for what felt like 10 seconds but was clearly much less, and got the back wheel down and raced on.

I had two other near misses but neither were like that first one.

I finished on the same lap as the winner (always my first goal in a cross race) and came 13th. I was 9th last year but the quality of the field this year was much, much higher.

It was a great course, making full use of the natural obstacles HH has, and the roars of the crowd make it one of the highlights of the cross season.

yeah nice one, good read, and good effort, from one shredasaurus to another,
vet power!

the very moment^^! good ere innit...

I need longer armwarmers.

Yup a great event really enjoyed it! Definitely come back next year, absolutely loved the course, 2nd Junior, can't say farer than that

the very moment^^! good ere innit...

It's the first time I've used a flash other than the on-board one.
Are your legs really that pale, andy? :P

They are normally paler but I put on fake tan to intimidate my rivals.

where's the merge button?

you could easily spot the good bike handlers on the double. the 'roadies' tried to keep the front down but the ramp had a nice kicker on it so a lot ended up doing an endo with a few going over the bars.
those with a bmx/mtb background just gave the bike a little pump and let the kicker do the work and landed softly on the transition.
good fun to watch.

you could easily spot the good bike handlers on the double. the 'roadies' tried to keep the front down but the ramp had a nice kicker on it so a lot ended up doing an endo with a few going over the bars.
those with a bmx/mtb background just gave the bike a little pump and let the kicker do the work and landed softly on the transition.
good fun to watch.

And those that liked playing up for the crowd..

that's Deke. him and Phil were styling it up.

This looked like a riot. I want to try cyclo cross now.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY GOOD PICS OF ALI G COULD YOU POST THEM ON HERE.

i cant seem to find any pics..

Errr, is the bloke on the right getting his chopper out?

IF ANYONE HAS ANY GOOD PICS OF ALI G COULD YOU POST THEM ON HERE.

i cant seem to find any pics..

there are loads , you just have to look harder!
100s on flickr to sort through